When Brian Larson, our first CEO, retired in early 2025, we created the Founder’s Award to carry forward his legacy of setting our core values and the people who bring them to life through their work. Every summer, the award goes to one team member whose work shows what Darcy is made of: a mission that matters, a team that wins together, projects done right every time, and the tenacity to see it through.
This year, the Founder’s Award goes to Andrew Wilcox, Senior Construction Supervisor.
Recapping the First Founder’s Award
Every year we will highlight this award on our website. However, last year the award went without capturing it here and we would be remiss to not do so now. The inaugural award went to Mike Lavoie, our Director of Engineering and the tenth person to join Darcy. Mike built much of the engineering foundation we still run on today, including the documents that guide every project from first design to final commissioning. He’s also the kind of teammate who takes on all jobs large and small with alacrity and enthusiasm. When something needs doing, Mike is already there, sleeves up, showing someone else how to do it the right way.
That’s a high bar to follow. Andrew clears it.
Making An Impact, Every Day
Andrew joined Darcy in 2024 as our very first Field Technician. He was the first person we asked to be Darcy’s eyes, hands, and judgment on a live job site. Two years later he’s a Senior Construction Supervisor, representing us through construction and well past commissioning, managing the dozens of moving parts that decide whether a well field comes in clean.
Field work doesn’t reward shortcuts, and Andrew doesn’t take them. He’s earned this award exactly the way our values say you should: quality you can count on, and a stubborn refusal to leave a problem half-solved. When a site throws a curveball—and construction sites often do—he’s the one who stays with it until it’s done right.
Here’s the part worth saying plainly: a company can invent a powerful technology, but it can’t deliver dozens of projects without people who solve issues in the field in tough weather conditions, on schedule, and in real time. Darcy’s on-site capabilities have grown enormously over the past two years, and a lot of that growth is Andrew.
Why It Matters
Every Darcy project cuts a building’s energy use and emissions and the system we put in the ground is built to last 50 to 100 years. That mission only counts when the work underground matches the promise on paper, and that’s exactly where Andrew lives. He shows “We Before Me” every time he brings a newer teammate up to speed, and Tenacity every time he refuses to call something finished before it’s right.
Andrew Wilcox—thank you for driving our mission in the field, every single day. You earned this award and the company is fortunate to have you driving our mission.